Two players, one answer.
Jaydon Blue vs John Metchie III
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Jaydon Blue by 56% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Jaydon Blue by 45% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, John Metchie III is projected 1.1 points ahead of Jaydon Blue. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · CAR
John Metchie III
1.4 final · 2.4 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
2.9 a game this season · last 3: 2.4, 2, 1.4
RB · PHI
Jaydon Blue
1.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
No games this season
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- John Metchie III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 PM ET
- Jaydon Blue: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 10:37 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 10:37 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | III | Blue |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4 | 1.8 |
| Half PPR | 3.2 | 1.5 |
| Standard | 2.4 | 1.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.1 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- John Metchie III plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaydon Blue's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.